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Crumbs fell on the ground as Ellie
took bites of her cookie. "I love chocolate chip cookies!" she said,
taking another bite.
Nellie bit into her cookie. It was a
gingersnap. A few crumbs fell to the ground. "I love gingersnaps! They’re
so crunchy and sweet."
A snail and an ant came crawling out
of the grass, heading towards the crumbs. The two mice looked at them.
"Look, Nellie. The ant wants some of your gingersnap."
"The snail wants some of your
chocolate chip cookie, Ellie."
The ant picked up a crumb of
gingersnap and carried it into the grass. "The ant’s hungry. Why don’t you
give him a bigger bite?" Ellie said.
Nellie broke a bigger piece of
gingersnap off and dropped it on the ground. The ant came running out and
picked up the bigger bit. It put it on its back and walked back into the
grass. "He seemed to like that," Nellie chuckled. "I think I’ll give him
an even bigger piece." She broke some more cookie off and dropped it on
the ground. The ant came running out of the grass. It tried to carry the
cookie crumb, but it was too heavy. Instead, it had to pull it into the
grass.
"I think you gave him too big a
piece," Ellie said. "Poor wee thing could hardly drag it. Maybe you should
just give it smaller pieces."
Nellie agreed. She dropped tiny
pieces onto the ground. The ant ran out of the grass, picked them up and
ran back. "That’s much better," Nellie said. She looked at the snail.
"What about your crumbs? That poor snail seems to be having a hard time
carrying them too."
Ellie watched the snail. It put the
crumbs on its shell and moved slowly back into the grass. "It’s managing,
but I don’t think I’ll give it anything bigger."
Soon Nellie had finished her
gingersnap and Ellie had gobbled down her chocolate chip cookie. The ant
and the snail had carried off all the crumbs. "That was nice of them to
clean up our mess," Nellie laughed. She stood up and brushed crumbs off
her dress. "Let’s go for a walk now." Ellie nodded and the two mice went
off to enjoy a sunny, warm day. |
